Prized Chicken Breed Has Jet Black Skin and Dark Meat
Kadaknath is an Indian chicken breed popular for the quality of its meat and eggs, but primarily because of the black color of the skin and its dark-colored meat. Chicken meat is the world’s most consumed form of protein, with over 98.5 million tons consumed every year. But one has to wonder if it would […]
The Curious Case of a Belgian Woman Who Temporarily Thought She Was a Chicken
Doctors at KU Leuven University in Belgium recently reported the bizarre case of a 54-year-old woman who was convinced she was a chicken and temporarily behaved like one. The married woman, whose name was not revealed, reportedly had a stable job at a pharmacy and had no history of drug or alcohol abuse before the […]
The Surprisingly Successful Business of Luxury Chicken Diapers
In urban areas like New York, Denver, and Los Angeles, it’s become a trend for the elite to shy away from traditional pets such as dogs and cats, and to raise chickens instead. Although raising chickens used to be predominantly for rural farmers, it’s now not only chic to own these birds , but a […]
Controversial High School Class Has Students Hatching and Raising Chickens Before Killing and Eating Them
For the past 60 years, every generation of freshman students at Izumo Agricultural and Forestry High School, in Izumo, Japan’s Shimane prefecture, has taken the “Class of Life”, a controversial six-month course during which the students help hatch and raise chickens, before having to slaughter and eat them. Last year, the Class of Life at […]
Thai Vendor Has Been Roasting Chicken with Sunlight for 20 Years
Sila Sutharat, a roasted chicken street vendor from Phetchaburi, Thailand, has come up with an ingenious way of cooking chicken. Instead of an oven or a charcoal barbecue, he uses 1,000 mobile mirrors that concentrate sunlight into a strong beam. He basically cooks meat with over 300 degrees Celsius of natural sunlight. Like most other street vendors, Sila […]
Rare Vietnamese Chicken Breed Has the Weirdest Legs You’ve Ever Seen
You might find its freakishly butch legs rather repulsive, but believe it or not, the Dong Tao chicken is incredibly popular in Vietnam. Once reserved for royalty and ritual offerings, the rare breed is now prized by chicken breeders and its meat is served in exclusive restaurants that cater to the wealthy. An adult Dong Tao […]
Chick Sexer – The $60,000-a-Year Job Nobody Seems to Want
Believe it or not, ‘chick sexer’ is a real job, and it pays quite handsomely. For over $60,000 a year, a chick sexer has to look at chicks’ backsides all day to determine if they are male or female. The process, known as ‘vent sexing’ involves squeezing the faeces out of the chick and opening […]
The Unbelievable Story of Mike the Headless Chicken
According to Mike the chicken, losing your head is not that bad as it’s thought to be. You better believe it since this one of a kind rooster lived headless for two years and became world-famous for it. Mike became “the Headless Chicken” on September 10th, 1945 after being decapitated by his owner, Lloyd Olsen […]
City Hires Chicken Chasers to Round Up Feral Fowls
When people are to scared to walk their pets around the city streets because of feral chickens, you know you have a serious problem on your hands. Welcome to Lakeland, Polk County, a city terrorized by chicken. Now we’re not talking about a small group of rogue chickens causing mayhem around the city, authorities say […]
Cocky Chicken Adopts Puppies
Mable, a one-year-old hen, from Shrewsbury, Britain, has the impression she is a dog and takes the role of mother for a group of puppies. Owners Edward and Ros Tate saved Mable from endig up in someone’s cooking pot, when she was hatched, a year ago. They’ve taken her in as a pet, but never […]
If You Can’t Grill It, Can It
That’s an old saying, or at least it should be, because it often happens you find yourself with a nice, big chicken and no way to cook it. I don’t know if the guy who came up with this didn’t have a grill at hand or if he simply doesn’t like barbecue. But then again, […]